Official UK procurement notice
South of Scotland Electric Vehicle Charging Delivery Partner
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA concession contract for the operation, maintenance, and expansion of the public electric vehicle charging network across eight collaborating local authorities in the South of Scotland. The contract includes migrating existing ChargePlace Scotland assets to a new back-office system and delivering approximately 1,800 additional charge points by 2030.
CPV: Charge cards · Chargers · Electricity · Electricity distribution and related services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment · Rechargers · Road equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A regional collaboration of Scottish local authorities wish to put in a place a…
A regional collaboration of Scottish local authorities wish to put in a place a concession contract for an electric vehicle charging network across a large geographical region. The authorities are City of Edinburgh Council (lead authority), Dumfries and Galloway Council, West Lothian Council, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders Council, Clackmannanshire Council, Fife Council and Falkirk Council.
The concession contract will assume responsibility for the existing public charging estate. This will include migration of these assets from the Chargeplace Scotland network onto a new back office. Further to this, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund (EVIF) grant funding in the region of GBP6 million has been secured from Transport Scotland to support the expansion of the network by approximately 1800 additional chargepoints by 2030. The authorities will work with the operator throughout the contract term to support further network expansion beyond the initial expansion phase which may be funded from a range of sources.
The contract will be for a single operator who can provide a mix of charging solutions and capacities across the region with an expectation the majority by number will be long dwell time AC charging.
The back office software will facilitate fleet charging.
The tender process is expected to be as follows;
Initial SPD submission to shortlist five operators.
Shortlisted operators will be invited to submit a proposal following which they will be invited to discuss and explore their proposal for the region.
Subsequently shortlisted operators will be invited to submit a full tender.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Economic & financial standing
Tenderers are required to have minimum “general” annual turnover for the last two financial years.
Tenderers are required to have a minimum current ratio for the last two financial years.
Tenderers are required to have a minimum Dun and Bradstreet credit rating.
Tenderers are required to hold, or commit to obtaining prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and minimum levels of insurance indicated below
Minimum: The levels sought are; Current Ratio 1.10 Turnover of GBP400,000 Dun & Bradstreet Credit rating of greater than 75 Where a Tenderers’ financial position is less than the acceptable value, the City of Edinburgh Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may apply dis… - Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C.1.2 - 1 Project Management - Refer to Tenderers Submission Document
SPD Question 4C.1.2 - 2 Migration - Refer to Tenderers Submission Document
SPD Question 4C.1.2 - 3 Design, Installation and Commissioning - Refer to Tenderers Submission Document
SPD Question 4C.1.2 - 4 Operation and Maintenance - Refer to Tenderers Submission Document
SPD Question 4C.1.2 - 5 Commercial Approach - Refer to Tenderers Submission Document
SPD Question 4C.1.2 - 6 Financing Infrastructure Delivery - Refer to Tenderers Submission Document
SPD Question 4C.4 - Inclusion of Prompt Payment Clause - Tenderers are required to confirm that they will include the standard clause in all contracts used in the delivery of the Framework Agreement, ensuring payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and include a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties.
SPD Question 4C.5 - Payment of the Real Living Wage - Tenderers are required to confirm that they will pay any staff that are directly involved in the delivery of the Framework Agreement (including any agency or sub-contractor staff), at least the real Living Wage.
SPD Question 4C.7 - Response to Climate Change Emergency - Tenderers are required to provide evidence that their organisation is taking steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and provide details of how they have/will respond (to the climate change emergency).
SPD Question 4D2 - Environm…
Minimum: SPD Question 4C.4 - Inclusion of Prompt Payment Clause - Where a Tenderer does not commit to the inclusion of a prompt payment clause, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition. SPD Question 4C.5 - Payment of the Real Living Wage - Where a Tenderer does not commit…
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Sept 2025, 10:10 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2025, 10:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058363- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
A tenderer that suffers loss as a result of a breach of duty under The Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) will have a minimum standstill period of 10 days before awarding the contract. The communication of the award decision notice will be sent by fax or e-mail to all tenderers with the standstill period commencing on the next day. If proceedings are started in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session against the Council in respect of the decision to award the contract within the standstill period then the Council is prevented from awarding the contract. Post contract award the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session may (1) award damages provided proceedings are brought within 3 months from the date when the grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose (2) be entitled to issue an ineffectiveness order or impose a financial penalty on the Council. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published in the FTS or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful tenderer will be required to work with the City of Edinburgh Council to complete a cyber security assessment. This will include a requirement for supporting evidence/accreditations, such as ISO27001, Cyber Essentials, PEN tests, etc. The named authorities within the South of Scotland group include the City of Edinburgh Council, Midlothian Council, West Lothian Council, Falkirk Council, Clackmannanshire Council, Fife Council, Scottish Borders Council and Dumfries and Galloway Council. The City of Edinburgh Council reserves the right to continue the procurement exercise should an individual authority wish to withdraw prior to contract award. The Contract length is expected to be an initial term of 15 years with the possibility of an extension of up to 5 years. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 29854. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits will be sought across the lifetime of this contract to be delivered across the region. Further information will be provided to short listed tenderers prior to seeking a proposal. (SC Ref:804568)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
Timeline
22 Sept 2025 → 24 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published22 Sept 2025, 10:10 BST
- Submission deadline369 days ago24 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.